When is white balance problematic for you? Outdoors, I generally use daylight WB, and inside I tend to usually use flourescent WB. Once in a while I need tungsten to overcome a strong yellow cast. Since I normally shoot in RAW, I actually set the white balance when I do my RAW conversion. The camera setting only sets a default that will be used if I don't change it later. I normally take the WB slider in my RAW converter and adjust it until the color cast of the scene looks right to me.
On the exposure question, I usually shoot in Aperture Priority mode. Using this mode, the camera chooses the shutter speed for proper exposure and allows me to tell it what aperture to use. Using this method, I have control of both aperture and shutter speed. If the camera is fooled by a difficult scene, I can use the exposure compensation control to take it a little lighter or darker. Again, since I shoot in RAW, I have more image data to work from and minor imperfections in exposure are easily adjusted for.
I'm not any expert with manual mode and I generally use it in conditions where the camera will be completely fooled and unable to set it properly on it's own. (Such as fireworks)
Message edited by author 2009-07-13 10:46:18. |
